Field Solutions Architect III, Generative AI, Public Sector

Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified information.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Reston, VA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in Python or other programming languages in machine learning (e.g., Java, C++, Go).
• Experience in applied AI, with a focus on designing and evaluating systems around foundation models (e.g., prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, orchestrating model interactions with external tools to deliver solutions).
• Experience architecting, deploying, or managing solutions on a cloud platform.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience with distributed training and optimizing performance versus costs.
• Experience supporting or selling to U.S. Federal Customers.
• Experience training and fine tuning models in large-scale environments (e.g., image, language, recommendation) with accelerators.
• Experience in systems design with the ability to architect and explain data pipelines, ML pipelines, and ML training and serving approaches.
• Ability to demonstrate a bias for action and applying product insights to solve immediate customer issues and unlock long-term value.

About the job

As a Field Solutions Architect, you will support the Rapid Innovation team in Google Public Sector. You will construct rapid prototype Generative AI applications tailored to Google Cloud customers, catering to a clientele ranging from early stage startups to large-scale corporations.

You will leverage cutting-edge Generative AI technologies to develop innovative solutions and validate their efficacy. You will swiftly showcase the latest Generative AI capabilities through direct collaboration with customers.

In this role, you will closely collaborate with our Product team to eliminate obstacles and shape the future trajectory of our offerings. In addition, you will disseminate the lessons learned to customers and internal Google teams.

Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $177,000-$263,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted advisor to customers by understanding their business process and objectives. Design and build end-to-end GenAI-driven solutions spanning AI, Data, and Infrastructure.
• Demonstrate how Google Cloud is differentiated by working with customers on application prototypes, demonstrating Generative AI features, prompting and tuning models, optimizing model performance, profiling, and benchmarking. Troubleshoot and find solutions to issues in Generative AI applications.
• Build repeatable technical assets such as scripts, templates, reference architectures, etc. to enable customers and internal teams. Work with peers to include the full cloud stack into overall architecture.
• Work cross-functionally to influence Google Cloud strategy and product direction at the intersection of infrastructure and AI/ML by advocating for enterprise customer requirements.
• Coordinate regional field enablement with leadership and work closely with product and partner organizations on external enablement. Travel as needed.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.